All Unbelievable? articles – Page 39
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ShowsDear Stephen, I Believe In Oscar Wilde’s God
Justin Brierley responds to the viral anti-God video by Stephen Fry.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Why does God allow suffering? Vince Vitale & Julian Baggini
Following atheist Stephen Fry’s viral anti-God video, the question of how a good God could allow suffering has come into focus again.
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Suffering Debate ∕∕ Unbelievable? with Justin Brierley
The full version of the debate on suffering. Justin is joined by Julian Baggini and Vince Vitale, as they go head to head on this most important question. Why Suffering?
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ShowsUnbelievable? The Outsider Test Pt 2 & James Emery White on the ‘Rise of the Nones’
In a continuation of last week’s show David Marshall & John Loftus continue to debate whether Christianity is rationally tenable and unique among world religions.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Does Christianity pass the Outsider Test? David Marshall vs John Loftus
Atheist John Loftus has challenged Christians with the ‘Outsider Test of Faith’. He believes that if Christians examined their own faith with the same level of scepticism they do other faiths, they would reject it.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Does Humanism need God? Angus Ritchie vs Stephen Law
The term ‘Humanism’ is often seen as synonymous with atheism. But a recent Theos report titled: ‘The case for Christian Humanism: why Christians should be Humanists and Humanists should be Christians’ claims to show that atheism is ill-equipped to support the fundamental tenets of Humanism.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Does mathematics point to God? William Lane Craig vs Daniel Came
In 1960 physicist Eugene Wigner wrote a paper on the ‘unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics’. Christian philosopher William (Bill) Lane Craig has recently been developing arguments concerning the ‘applicability’ of mathematics as evidence for God as part of his wider research on abstract objects.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Should Christians rethink Hell? Dr Al Mohler & Chris Date debate the traditional & conditionalist view
Following an article in the New York Times about scholars who adopt an annihilationist (also called ‘conditional immortality’) view of hell rather than the traditional ‘eternal conscious torment’ view, Justin is joined by two evangelicals to debate the issue.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Explaining your faith (to a church-going atheist) - John Pritchard, Andrew Nightingale & Mark Roques
Rt Revd John Pritchard is the recently retired Bishop of Oxford and the author of ‘How to Explain Your Faith’. He joins Justin along with church-going atheist Andrew Nightingale and Christian philosopher and storyteller Mark Roques as they discuss what Andrew loves about the church he attends but why he finds it difficult to believe the claims of Christianity
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ShowsUnbelievable? Did Isaiah prophesy a Virgin birth? Alistair McKitterick & Robert Stovold
We hear it every year at Christmas in in our services. Matthew Chapter 1, quoting the prophet Isaiah - “look the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel”.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Keith Ward and Michael Ruse debate the evidence for God
Keith Ward is the former Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford University. His new book The Evidence for God picks up on various aspects of human experience as proof of a spiritual realm.
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ShowsUnbelievable? The curious case of Eben Alexander: near death and out-of-body experiences
Eben Alexander is a neurosurgeon whose book Proof Of Heaven became a bestseller. It documented his visions of heaven while in a coma which had shut down much of his brain.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Brian McLaren & Andrew Wilson debate Jesus and the Bible
Emerging Church leader Brian McLaren and evangelical leader Andrew Wilson debate whether we need to rethink scripture in a podcast special hosted by Justin.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Putting Christianity on Trial – Mark Lanier vs Paul Beaumont
Mark Lanier is a successful US trial lawyer. He’s also a keen theologian and apologist and has used his skills as a lawyer to make the case for Christ in ‘Christianity on Trial’.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Scientific evidence versus religious belief – Jonathan McLatchie & Elliot George debate
Elliot George is a retired science teacher whose new book “Godbuster: Exorcises all known gods” claims that science is about evidence whereas religion is about ‘belief’(and should therefore be rejected).
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ShowsUnbelievable? Just War vs Pacifism - Nigel Biggar & Stanley Hauerwas
It’s 100 years since the outbreak of WWI. Two of the world’s leading Christian thinkers on Just War & Pacifism join Justin to discuss their different views on whether war is ever justified.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Has defending scripture made us unable to read it? Peter Enns & David Instone-Brewer
Bible scholar Peter Enns was fired from his position at Westminster Theological Seminary after his views on scripture were deemed to be too liberal. He has continued to question evangelical views of scripture in his book ‘The Bible Tells Me So: Why defending Scripture has made us unable to read it’.
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ShowsUnbelievable? Meet Tam the witch - A Wiccan & Christian Discuss Halloween
As Halloween approaches Justin meets Tam, a Wiccan who explains what he believes and the significance of Halloween (or Sam’hain) to the witchcraft community.
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ArticleFive reasons Lord Sugar would fire Jesus
As a fresh set of candidates battle for Sir Alan’s approval in The Apprentice this autumn, Justin Brierley reflects on how Jesus would have fared.
